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Prostate cancer: Tauranga man spends $212,000 on treatment
24 September 2022 - Five thousand and five hundred dollars every 28 days - more than $200,000 so far. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Oct 2020
$10,000 on new drugs every four months keeps melanoma patient alive
21 October 2020 - Graham Venning was given “weeks perhaps months” to live at the start of the year but ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jun 2020
Rising costs explain why Canada is switching to biosimilars
15 June 2020 - Following in the footsteps of British Columbia, other Canadian provinces are working to implement their own biosimilars ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Feb 2020
Call to reduce ‘scary’ gene therapy costs
28 November 2019 - Health care funders have been urged to overcome the “scary” cost of emerging gene therapies that ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jan 2020
New fee website shows NSW pays up to 40 times more in out-of-pocket costs
20 January 2020 - Private health patients in NSW are paying up to 40 times more in out-of-pocket costs than ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jan 2020
Failing mental and dental health resources driving hospital congestion
10 January 2020 - A critical shortage of mental health beds and unaffordable dental services are prompting increasing numbers of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Dec 2019
Cancer costs can be unbearable - a special Centrelink payment is needed, couple say
9 December 2019 - A Swansea couple has called for a special Centrelink payment for people and their carers living ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Dec 2019
Australia a 'treasure island' for medical device giants: ex-hospital boss
30 November 2019 - The former chief executive of Australia's second largest private hospital operator has backed health insurers' claims ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Nov 2019
Corbyn pledges to create state-run generics firm to cut drug prices
22 November 2019 - Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has included in the party’s election manifesto plans to create a state-run ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Nov 2019
NZ man Levi Holley selling his belongings to pay for brain cancer treatment
9 November 2019 - It started as a little nagging pain. It turned out to be an incurable brain tumour. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Nov 2019
Medibank chief Craig Drummond lashes suppliers
6 November 2019 - Medibank Private boss Craig Drummond has taken aim at the ballooning medical costs he believes are ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Sep 2019
Aussies struggle as health care costs skyrocket
25 September 2019 - Aussies are delaying crucial health care as a shocking new report reveals just how much more they ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Sep 2019
'Outrageously expensive': new drug approval will cost Ontario family 100K per year
30 August 2019 - Drug cost jumped from $5,000 to more than $100,000 per year. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Aug 2019
The financial cost of a cancer diagnosis leaves many patients in poverty
15 August 2019 - When Jane was diagnosed with bowel cancer 12 months ago she knew the physical and mental ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2019
Vaccinating our kids shouldn’t be this hard
3 August 2019 - It cost about $600, a frustrating 30 or so phone calls to pharmacies and several trips ...